FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years, the one that tells her the Poet has surfaced. She has never forgotten the serial killer who wove lines of poetry in his hideous crimes--and apparently he has not forgotten her.
Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets a call, too--from the widow of an old friend. Her husband's death seems natural, but his ties to the hunt for the Poet make Bosch dig deep. Arriving at a derelict spot in the California desert where the feds are unearthing bodies, Bosch joins forces with Rachel. Now the two are at odds with the FBI...and squarely in the path of the Poet, who will lead them on a wicked ride out of the heat, through the narrows of evil, and into a darkness all his own...
Character List (view spoiler)[ Harry Bosch: LAPD detective. Madeline (Maddie) Wish: Bosch's daughter with Eleanor. Eleanor Wish: Bosch's ex-wife, Maddie's mother. Rachel Walling: FBI agent who has been assigned to remote states after the past "Poet" investigation. Kizmin (Kiz) Rider: Bosch's ex-partner at LAPD. Jerry Edgar: Harry's old partner in LAPD Robert Backus, Jr.: Ex-FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Terry McCaleb: Retired FBI Agent and criminal profiler. A friend of Harry Bosch. Graciela McCaleb: Terry McCaleb's wife. Cielo Azul McCaleb: Daughter of Graciela and Terry McCaleb. Buddy Lockridge: Business partner of Terry McCaleb, with a fishing guide charter on McCaleb's boat "The Following Sea" Randal Alpert: Current FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) leading the current "The Poet" investigation. Otto Woodall: HB 10 Bill/Tom Gilbert: An alias that Bosch uses. He says Bill first and then says Tom. Brass Doran: FBI Agent @ Quantico Cherie Dei: A FBI agent William Bing: Might spoil your reading Tom Walling: /Lived in Clear, Nevada for a while, worked as a driver Tammy: Prostitute in Clear, Nevada, a brothel town. Marisol: Eleanor Wish's nanny Jane Davis: Has the unit next to Bosch in a Las Vegas motel Del: FBI agent working on the Backus case. Charles Turrentine: Owner of a book collection Jordan Shandy: A man who chartered Terry McCaleb's boat and Terry had pictures of him. Ed Thomas: Former LAPD officer, retired, now owns a bookstore. Pat Thomas: Ed Thomas's wife. She works at the bookstore also. Billings Rett: Owner of a bar and Mayor of Clear, NV Lloyd. Jack McEvoy: Reporter. Mecca McIntyre: Prostitute in Clear, Nevada. Miss Delilah: The name of a brothel in Clear, Nevada Tom Zigo: Super quiet FBI agent. Douglas Sundeen: Add a description of this character. Todd Ritz: Police detective. Louis Theresa Lofton Mr. Snow Greg Glenn Harvey Richards Freddy John Cates Cindy Hinton Mr. Gupta Harold Wexler Sheila Riley Dr. Hansen Greta Coxe Mary Pond Raymond Sean Ross Shuler Gail Duvall David Chu Van Atta Adriana Dolan Clayton S. Pell Glanville Rampone (hide spoiler)]
Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets a call, too--from the widow of an old friend. Her husband's death seems natural, but his ties to the hunt for the Poet make Bosch dig deep. Arriving at a derelict spot in the California desert where the feds are unearthing bodies, Bosch joins forces with Rachel. Now the two are at odds with the FBI...and squarely in the path of the Poet, who will lead them on a wicked ride out of the heat, through the narrows of evil, and into a darkness all his own...
Character List
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Harry Bosch: LAPD detective.
Madeline (Maddie) Wish: Bosch's daughter with Eleanor.
Eleanor Wish: Bosch's ex-wife, Maddie's mother.
Rachel Walling: FBI agent who has been assigned to remote states after the past "Poet" investigation.
Kizmin (Kiz) Rider: Bosch's ex-partner at LAPD.
Jerry Edgar: Harry's old partner in LAPD
Robert Backus, Jr.: Ex-FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC)
Terry McCaleb: Retired FBI Agent and criminal profiler. A friend of Harry Bosch.
Graciela McCaleb: Terry McCaleb's wife.
Cielo Azul McCaleb: Daughter of Graciela and Terry McCaleb.
Buddy Lockridge: Business partner of Terry McCaleb, with a fishing guide charter on McCaleb's boat "The Following Sea"
Randal Alpert: Current FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) leading the current "The Poet" investigation.
Otto Woodall: HB 10
Bill/Tom Gilbert: An alias that Bosch uses. He says Bill first and then says Tom.
Brass Doran: FBI Agent @ Quantico
Cherie Dei: A FBI agent
William Bing: Might spoil your reading
Tom Walling: /Lived in Clear, Nevada for a while, worked as a driver
Tammy: Prostitute in Clear, Nevada, a brothel town.
Marisol: Eleanor Wish's nanny
Jane Davis: Has the unit next to Bosch in a Las Vegas motel
Del: FBI agent working on the Backus case.
Charles Turrentine: Owner of a book collection
Jordan Shandy: A man who chartered Terry McCaleb's boat and Terry had pictures of him.
Ed Thomas: Former LAPD officer, retired, now owns a bookstore.
Pat Thomas: Ed Thomas's wife. She works at the bookstore also.
Billings Rett: Owner of a bar and Mayor of Clear, NV
Lloyd.
Jack McEvoy: Reporter.
Mecca McIntyre: Prostitute in Clear, Nevada.
Miss Delilah: The name of a brothel in Clear, Nevada
Tom Zigo: Super quiet FBI agent.
Douglas Sundeen: Add a description of this character.
Todd Ritz: Police detective.
Louis
Theresa Lofton
Mr. Snow
Greg Glenn
Harvey Richards
Freddy
John Cates
Cindy Hinton
Mr. Gupta
Harold Wexler
Sheila
Riley
Dr. Hansen
Greta Coxe
Mary Pond
Raymond
Sean
Ross Shuler
Gail Duvall
David Chu
Van Atta
Adriana Dolan
Clayton S. Pell
Glanville
Rampone
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